The Decentralized Identity Foundation (DIF) was founded in May 2017 by many founding organizations, and is an open source decentralized identity ecosystem for people, organizations, software applications, and devices.

Founding organizations

​The following organizations are founding members of the Decentralized Identity Foundation: ​

Tierion

Ideo

Microsoft

Gem

Blockstack

Uport

Evernym

IBM

Hyperledger

Civic

Accenture

Danube Tech

Netki

RSA

Consent

Bigchain DB

Sovrin

IOTA

Mooti

R3

Authenteq

Gem

ValidatedID

Bayonet

Equinix

KYC-Chain

Blockpass

Ockam

NuID

Meta X

DIID

Nuggets

Trusted Key

R_Block

ONTology

Link-E

ID 2020

VeridiumID

Meeco

Pillar

Dominode

Enigma

The Humanized Internet

Jolocom

Onfido

Auth0

1Kosmos BlockID

Gamecredits

Identos

Centinal

Secure Key

LifeID

Sitekit

Juru

Diwala

Botlabs

Enterprise Ethereum Alliance

Remme

Wault

Partners

Microsoft

​Microsoft is working with the Decentralized Identity Foundation and the World Wide Web Consortium Credentials Community Group to create decentralized identity solutions. ​